Tutorials - GPS Tracker Data Logger
Note. Our data loggers use one engine and identical plug-ins. All tutorials and demos are recorded for Advanced Serial Data Logger, but can be useful for other our data loggers users too!
Video Tutorials
- Logging To File How to create a log file for incoming data. Various data logging modes.
- Installing Plugins How to download and install a plugin for your task.
- Exporting Data To Excel How to export data to an Excel file (simple method).
- Exporting Data To Database How to export data to an ODBC database (simple and universal method).
- Generating And Handling Events How to control incoming data and generate simple alerts.
Additional tutorials for GPS Tracker Data Logger
Installation
Configuration
- Configuring a parser for GPS trackers with text-formatted data packets (features: ASCII data parser, parsing a data packet).
- Retransmitting data from a GPS tracker to another server without changing the data format (features: data redirecting plugin).
- Converting data packets from a GPS tracker to another format and sending it to another server.
- Converting data packets from a GPS tracker to the ASCII format of another tracker and sending it to another server, using standard plugins.
- Processing incoming SMS with GPS tracker data using standard plugins.
Examples and tutorials for data filter plugins
- Redirect COM port data to another COM port after transformation Tags: filter plugins, log files. Plugins: Expressions, Data redirecting.
- Detect data timeout using our data loggers and sending alert emails Tags: filter and events plugins, event notification. Plugins: Data timeout, Events notification.
- Replace alarm line printers. Custom events for alarms and notifications Tags: generate custom events. Plugins: Events generator, Events notification, Data timeout.
- Extract and Modify Lab Instrument Data for Excel Export Tags: regular expressions, data modification, direct excel connection. Plugins: ASCII Data Query and Parser, Expressions, Direct Excel Connection.
Examples and tutorials for data export plugins
- RS232 to Excel. Four methods to send data from RS232 to Excel Plugins: Various.
- Write data to a CSV text file Plugins: Local database, DDE Server.
- Write data to an XLS file without Microsoft Excel installed Plugins: Local database.
- Send data to Excel through the DDE interface Plugins: DDE Server.
- Export data and update charts in Excel in real-time Plugins: Direct Excel Connection.
- Export real-time data and draw charts in OpenOffice or LibreOffice Calc Plugins: Direct OpenOffice/LibreOffice Connection.
- Write data to an XLS file without Excel Tags: advanced export, text format, many options. Plugins: Excel Export Pro.
- Export Weight Data to Excel Scales without Excel Tags: variant #2. Plugins: Local database.
- Export data to Microsoft SQL Server 2015-2022 Tags: through the ODBC interface. Plugins: ODBC Database.
- Export data to the MySQL database Tags: direct database connection, flexible SQL statements. Plugins: SQL Database Professional, Aggregator, ODBC database.
- Export data to the SQL database using a stored procedure Tags: direct database connection, SQL stored procedures. Plugins: SQL Database Professional.
- Write data to Microsoft Access Tags: through the ODBC interface, importing table structure. Plugins: ODBC Database.
- How to display serial port's incoming data on a dashboard Tags: OPC Scada Viewer: gauges, indicators, charts, etc. Plugins: OPC Server.
- OPC server for intelligent length meter Plugins: OPC Server, OPC UA Server, ASCII Data Query and Parser.